This page contains the Smartboard notes and make-up / homework list from Quarter 1 2013 (Modules 1, 2, & 3) on Newton's Laws and Motion
MODULE #3 of QUARTER #1:
NOTE: ALL LATE WORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY 3:30 on FRI 11/8
Fri 11/8 Make-up work: Go to http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/mythbusters/, click on "Myth Results" and summarize how they tested 3 different myths
Mythbusters: Car vs. wall and knock your socks off
Thu 11/7
Late start day
Make-up day
Wed 11/6 See Leslie to schedule a time to take the test
Quarter 1 Test #2 on Newton's Laws of Motion
Tue 11/5
Physics Jeopardy review game CP homework: Show Leslie your note sheet for the test (due 11/6)
Fri 11/1 - Mon 11/4 Make-up work: Write down one example each that shows Newton's 3 different laws of motion
Used whiteboards to say whether demos showed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd law of motion
OAS: Death by mentos
Review board game
Thu 10/31 Make-up work: (Replaces some other assignment) Newton's 3rd Law questions (in file)
Action-reaction force pairs are always on DIFFERENT objects
The story of the bus and the puppy
The farmer and the horse, a dramatic reading
HALF MAKE-UP DAY
Wed 10/30 Make-up work: Do CD 7-1 (in file)
In outer direction, you accelerate by "throwing" something (like expanding gases) the opposite direction.
Newton's 3rd Law: For every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force
Puller and holder on wheelie chairs both moved
Pulling sideways with 2 scales hooked, they both read the same force
If I push on the wall, the wall must push back on me (or I'd fall over!)
Identifying Action/Reaction force pairs CP homework: List an action/reaction pair from your daily life (due 10/31)
Tue 10/29 Make-up work: Do page 26 worksheet (in file)
Does a skydiver go up when they open their parachute? No, only looks that way to the camera guy who is still falling fast!
Used Fnet = m*a to look at different acceleration and terminal velocity for Bronco the Skydiver. (CP homework continued to Wed)
Mon 10/28 Make-up work: Get pages on 3 terms from file and answer the worksheet questions for all three.
How to get across thin ice?
Defining Pressure, Friction, and Terminal Speed CP Homework: Identify an example of friction and pressure in daily life. (Due 10/30)
Fri 10/25 Make-up work: Page 1-2 of a =F/m packet (in file)
Gravity and F=ma (Eureka 6: Gravity)
Review how to use F=ma
W=mg is a specific example of F=ma
Comparing and calculating accelerations in a=F/m packet
Thu 10/24 Make-up work: F=ma practice worksheet (in file)
Pitching: Acceleration takes time (Eureka 4: Acceleration pt 1)
F=ma whiteboard practice
Write your own F=ma question
Practice worksheet
Reaction board CP homework (for Mon 10/28): Do one challenge problem from the practice sheet
Wed 10/23 Make-up work: Watch this video from 4:20 to 9:30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVMlmL0BPQ and answer 1) What happened when the robot arm pushed harder against the second toy block? 2) What happened when they dropped the hammer and feather in a room with no air? 3) What's one difference between mass and weight?
TPS on the graph of our Monday experiement
Re-do experiment, keeping the mass of the car the same and changing the pull
Graphed it
More pulling force => more acceleration
Newton's 2nd Law: F= ma
Tue 10/22 (Leslie was out sick) Make-up work: Go to http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/mythbusters/, click on "Myth Results" and summarize how they tested 3 different myths
Mythbusters - Jet-assisted Chevy
Mon 10/21 Make-up work: Watch the first 6 minutes of this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVMlmL0BPQ and answer 1) What did they "turn off" to get the apple to stay still above the table? 2) How many rules did Newton propose for understanding motion? 3) What happened when the robot arm pushed its hardest against the "heaviest" and "heavy" masses?
Connecting the physics dots: Newton's 1st Law, Inertia, Mass, Acceleration
Puzzle: How does mass affect acceleration (with the same pull)?
Graphed it CP homework: hand in one thing that is missing
Wed 10/16 Make-up work: Get data from Leslie (file), find average time and time squared, make graphs.
OAS - Bricks on head
Galileo ramp lab: distance vs. time and distance vs. time^2 CP homework: Hand in any missing work!
Tue 10/15 Make-up work: Worksheet pg 15 (all) & 16 (#1 & 2)
What does direction mean for velocity? Is acceleration a vector?
Reviewed falling things
Learned how to predict where things would be in free fall. CP homework: pg 16 #3 (due 10/16)
Mon 10/14** Make-up work: Get Physics rate change worksheet and complete Q 1-6
Reviewed speed, velocity, and acceleration
Whiteboard practice on rate change problems (DJ pay, football yardage)
Worksheet with more practice on rates changing CP homework: #7 from the worksheet (due 10/15)
Fri 10/11 Make-up work: Go to http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/mythbusters/, click on "Myth Results" and summarize how they tested 3 different myths. Terminal velocity is equilibrium for falling objects Mythbusters test if a penny thrown off the Empire State Building could kill someone
Tue 10/8 Make-up work: Watch the youtube videos below and then visit this page for more information http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/newtlaws/efar.cfm Answer the following questions 1) Which has more mass, the elephant or the feather? 2) If dropped on the earth, which would hit the ground first? 3) If dropped on the moon (where there is no air), which would hit the ground first? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z8g8OSOMzY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5_dOEyAfk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur40O6nQHsw
Reviewed Moving Man
Observed falling books, feathers, golf balls, ping pong balls, and tissues.
Terminal Velocity = equilibrium for falling objects CP Homework: Show Leslie some work on your notes sheet for the test (due 10/10)
Mon 10/7 Make-up work: Get instructions for PhET moving man simulation (need java, probably won't work on smartphones) and complete 2 pages.
Example of acceleration
Used Moving Man simulator to connect motion to graphs CP homework: Create a problem using a = v/t and solve it. (due 10/8)
Fri 10/4 Make-up work: Answer questions 1-8 on worksheet CD 4-1 (in file)
Review speed and velocity
Define acceleration is change in velocity over change in time
Washer drop demo
1st 8 questions of worksheet 4-1
Wed 10/2 Make-up: Get runner data and complete graph and last 3 questions of worksheet
Tracking Speed video
Completing the runner graphs and questions
Velocity is speed and direction CP homework: Motion Graphs packet pp 1-6 (due 10/3)
Tue 10/1 Make-up: Get runner data and complete worksheet up to graphing
Motion of a runner, calculated and graphed CP homework: Finish runner sheet and 2 graphs (due 10/2)
Mon 9/30 Make-up: Get bowling ball data and make a graph of how distance depends on average time
What is motion?
Measuring the speed of a bowling ball CP homework: Calculate speed and graph speed vs. time (due 10/1)
Thu 9/26 Make-up work: Use the notes to learn about mass, weight, and Inertia. Do CD 3-1 & 3-2. (in file)
Support Force
Review Mass vs Weight
Review Inertia and Newton's 1st Law
CD 3-1 and 3-2 CP homework: "Newton's 1st Law" worksheet from Tuesday (due 9/27)
Wed 9/25: (College Fair Day) Make-up work: Go to http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/mythbusters/, click on "Myth Results" and summarize how they tested 3 different myths. Mythbusters test the table cloth youtube clip and the surfboard decapitation myth
Tues 9/24 Make-up work: Use the notes to learn about mass, weight, and volume. Do worksheet. (in file)
Inertia is the tendency of matter to resist change
Differentiating between mass, weight, and volume CP homework: "Inertia and Mass" worksheet (due 9/26)
Mon 9/23 Make-up work: Read about Aristotle, Copernicus and Galileo and fill out worksheet on all three (in file)
Examples of objects at rest and in motion
Jigsaw activity about three scientists and their ideas on motion
Word search activity as a make-up CP homework: Write at least 4 meaningful sentences for word search words (due 9/24)
Fri 9/20 Make-up work: Read section 3.4 and answer 3 questions (in file)
Flicking pennies from under cards
Tablecloth trick
Justin Bieber over the cliff
=> Objects tend to keep doing what they were doing.
Thu 9/19: Late Start Date
Complete make-up work 6th period, Mythbusters
Wed 9/18 Make-up work: Read section 2.2 and answer 3 questions (in file)
Dynamic Equilibrium, PhET forces in 1 D CP homework: Riding in an airplane, give 2 examples of being IN equilibrium and 2 examples of NOT being in equilibrium (due 9/20)
Tues 9/17 Make-up work: Do Nellie Newton worksheet (in file)
Equilibrium Rule
CD 2-01 CP homework: Write an example problem of the equilibrium rule that does not involve hanging (due 9/18)
Mon 9/16 Make-up work: Read section 2.1 and answer 3 questions (in file)
Forces, vectors, What is a "net force"? CP homework: Write and answer an example question about net force (due 9/17)
Mon 9/9 - Fri 9/13 Make-up work: Complete all sections of project SEE LESLIE DURING LAB 9/24 & 9/26
Vee Chart project on what affects the motion of a toy car
Fri 9/6 Make up work: Watch the following 2 youtubes. Answer the following questions on a sheet of paper, along with an example from the video to support your answer. Would the guy in the video agree that science 1) is unchanging? 2) full of assumptions? 3) based on evidence? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A58X73GnzE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls8mYJIncdA
Discussed the nature of science
MODULE #3 of QUARTER #1:
NOTE: ALL LATE WORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY 3:30 on FRI 11/8
Fri 11/8
Make-up work: Go to http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/mythbusters/, click on "Myth Results" and summarize how they tested 3 different myths
Mythbusters: Car vs. wall and knock your socks off
Thu 11/7
- Late start day
Make-up dayWed 11/6
See Leslie to schedule a time to take the test
Quarter 1 Test #2 on Newton's Laws of Motion
Tue 11/5
Physics Jeopardy review game
CP homework: Show Leslie your note sheet for the test (due 11/6)
Fri 11/1 - Mon 11/4
Make-up work: Write down one example each that shows Newton's 3 different laws of motion
Used whiteboards to say whether demos showed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd law of motion
OAS: Death by mentos
Review board game
Thu 10/31
Make-up work: (Replaces some other assignment) Newton's 3rd Law questions (in file)
Action-reaction force pairs are always on DIFFERENT objects
The story of the bus and the puppy
The farmer and the horse, a dramatic reading
HALF MAKE-UP DAY
Wed 10/30
Make-up work: Do CD 7-1 (in file)
In outer direction, you accelerate by "throwing" something (like expanding gases) the opposite direction.
Newton's 3rd Law: For every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force
Puller and holder on wheelie chairs both moved
Pulling sideways with 2 scales hooked, they both read the same force
If I push on the wall, the wall must push back on me (or I'd fall over!)
Identifying Action/Reaction force pairs
CP homework: List an action/reaction pair from your daily life (due 10/31)
Tue 10/29
Make-up work: Do page 26 worksheet (in file)
Does a skydiver go up when they open their parachute? No, only looks that way to the camera guy who is still falling fast!
Used Fnet = m*a to look at different acceleration and terminal velocity for Bronco the Skydiver.
(CP homework continued to Wed)
Mon 10/28
Make-up work: Get pages on 3 terms from file and answer the worksheet questions for all three.
How to get across thin ice?
Defining Pressure, Friction, and Terminal Speed
CP Homework: Identify an example of friction and pressure in daily life. (Due 10/30)
Fri 10/25
Make-up work: Page 1-2 of a =F/m packet (in file)
Gravity and F=ma (Eureka 6: Gravity)
Review how to use F=ma
W=mg is a specific example of F=ma
Comparing and calculating accelerations in a=F/m packet
Thu 10/24
Make-up work: F=ma practice worksheet (in file)
Pitching: Acceleration takes time (Eureka 4: Acceleration pt 1)
F=ma whiteboard practice
Write your own F=ma question
Practice worksheet
Reaction board
CP homework (for Mon 10/28): Do one challenge problem from the practice sheet
Wed 10/23
Make-up work: Watch this video from 4:20 to 9:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVMlmL0BPQ and answer 1) What happened when the robot arm pushed harder against the second toy block? 2) What happened when they dropped the hammer and feather in a room with no air? 3) What's one difference between mass and weight?
TPS on the graph of our Monday experiement
Re-do experiment, keeping the mass of the car the same and changing the pull
Graphed it
More pulling force => more acceleration
Newton's 2nd Law: F= ma
Tue 10/22 (Leslie was out sick)
Make-up work: Go to http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/mythbusters/, click on "Myth Results" and summarize how they tested 3 different myths
Mythbusters - Jet-assisted Chevy
Mon 10/21
Make-up work: Watch the first 6 minutes of this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVMlmL0BPQ and answer 1) What did they "turn off" to get the apple to stay still above the table? 2) How many rules did Newton propose for understanding motion? 3) What happened when the robot arm pushed its hardest against the "heaviest" and "heavy" masses?
Connecting the physics dots: Newton's 1st Law, Inertia, Mass, Acceleration
Puzzle: How does mass affect acceleration (with the same pull)?
Graphed it
CP homework: hand in one thing that is missing
Wed 10/16
Make-up work: Get data from Leslie (file), find average time and time squared, make graphs.
OAS - Bricks on head
Galileo ramp lab: distance vs. time and distance vs. time^2
CP homework: Hand in any missing work!
Tue 10/15
Make-up work: Worksheet pg 15 (all) & 16 (#1 & 2)
What does direction mean for velocity? Is acceleration a vector?
Reviewed falling things
Learned how to predict where things would be in free fall.
CP homework: pg 16 #3 (due 10/16)
Mon 10/14**
Make-up work: Get Physics rate change worksheet and complete Q 1-6
Reviewed speed, velocity, and acceleration
Whiteboard practice on rate change problems (DJ pay, football yardage)
Worksheet with more practice on rates changing
CP homework: #7 from the worksheet (due 10/15)
MODULE #2 of QUARTER #1:
Fri 10/11
Make-up work: Go to http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/mythbusters/, click on "Myth Results" and summarize how they tested 3 different myths.
Terminal velocity is equilibrium for falling objects
Mythbusters test if a penny thrown off the Empire State Building could kill someone
Thu 10/10
Make-up: Arrange a time with Leslie to make-up the test
TEST #1: Equilibrium, Inertia, Motion
CP homework: Hand in any make-up work
Wed 10/9
Make-up work: Show Leslie your one sheet of notes to use on the test
Jeopardy review game
Tue 10/8
Make-up work: Watch the youtube videos below and then visit this page for more information
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/newtlaws/efar.cfm
Answer the following questions 1) Which has more mass, the elephant or the feather? 2) If dropped on the earth, which would hit the ground first? 3) If dropped on the moon (where there is no air), which would hit the ground first?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z8g8OSOMzY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5_dOEyAfk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur40O6nQHsw
Reviewed Moving Man
Observed falling books, feathers, golf balls, ping pong balls, and tissues.
Terminal Velocity = equilibrium for falling objects
CP Homework: Show Leslie some work on your notes sheet for the test (due 10/10)
Mon 10/7
Make-up work: Get instructions for PhET moving man simulation (need java, probably won't work on smartphones) and complete 2 pages.
Example of acceleration
Used Moving Man simulator to connect motion to graphs
CP homework: Create a problem using a = v/t and solve it. (due 10/8)
Fri 10/4
Make-up work: Answer questions 1-8 on worksheet CD 4-1 (in file)
Review speed and velocity
Define acceleration is change in velocity over change in time
Washer drop demo
1st 8 questions of worksheet 4-1
Thu 10/3
Make-up: Complete speed and velocity worksheet
Math Reaction video
Speed and velocity worksheet
Catchy Physics Phrases
CP homework: Finish Motion Graphs packet (due 10/4)
Wed 10/2
Make-up: Get runner data and complete graph and last 3 questions of worksheet
Tracking Speed video
Completing the runner graphs and questions
Velocity is speed and direction
CP homework: Motion Graphs packet pp 1-6 (due 10/3)
Tue 10/1
Make-up: Get runner data and complete worksheet up to graphing
Motion of a runner, calculated and graphed
CP homework: Finish runner sheet and 2 graphs (due 10/2)
Mon 9/30
Make-up: Get bowling ball data and make a graph of how distance depends on average time
What is motion?
Measuring the speed of a bowling ball
CP homework: Calculate speed and graph speed vs. time (due 10/1)
Fri 9/27
Make-up: N/A
Video on inertia
Challenge Day - work together to answer some really challenging questions
Thu 9/26
Make-up work: Use the notes to learn about mass, weight, and Inertia. Do CD 3-1 & 3-2. (in file)
Support Force
Review Mass vs Weight
Review Inertia and Newton's 1st Law
CD 3-1 and 3-2
CP homework: "Newton's 1st Law" worksheet from Tuesday (due 9/27)
Wed 9/25: (College Fair Day)
Make-up work: Go to http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/mythbusters/, click on "Myth Results" and summarize how they tested 3 different myths.
Mythbusters test the table cloth youtube clip and the surfboard decapitation myth
Tues 9/24
Make-up work: Use the notes to learn about mass, weight, and volume. Do worksheet. (in file)
Inertia is the tendency of matter to resist change
Differentiating between mass, weight, and volume
CP homework: "Inertia and Mass" worksheet (due 9/26)
Mon 9/23
Make-up work: Read about Aristotle, Copernicus and Galileo and fill out worksheet on all three (in file)
Examples of objects at rest and in motion
Jigsaw activity about three scientists and their ideas on motion
Word search activity as a make-up
CP homework: Write at least 4 meaningful sentences for word search words (due 9/24)
MODULE #1 of QUARTER #1
Fri 9/20
Make-up work: Read section 3.4 and answer 3 questions (in file)
Flicking pennies from under cards
Tablecloth trick
Justin Bieber over the cliff
=> Objects tend to keep doing what they were doing.
Thu 9/19: Late Start Date
Complete make-up work 6th period, Mythbusters
Wed 9/18
Make-up work: Read section 2.2 and answer 3 questions (in file)
Dynamic Equilibrium, PhET forces in 1 D
CP homework: Riding in an airplane, give 2 examples of being IN equilibrium and 2 examples of NOT being in equilibrium (due 9/20)
Tues 9/17
Make-up work: Do Nellie Newton worksheet (in file)
Equilibrium Rule
CD 2-01
CP homework: Write an example problem of the equilibrium rule that does not involve hanging (due 9/18)
Mon 9/16
Make-up work: Read section 2.1 and answer 3 questions (in file)
Forces, vectors, What is a "net force"?
CP homework: Write and answer an example question about net force (due 9/17)
Mon 9/9 - Fri 9/13
Make-up work: Complete all sections of project SEE LESLIE DURING LAB 9/24 & 9/26
Vee Chart project on what affects the motion of a toy car
Fri 9/6
Make up work: Watch the following 2 youtubes. Answer the following questions on a sheet of paper, along with an example from the video to support your answer.
Would the guy in the video agree that science 1) is unchanging? 2) full of assumptions? 3) based on evidence?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A58X73GnzE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls8mYJIncdA
Discussed the nature of science
Thu 9/5
Make-up work: Fill out a "Getting to Know You" sheet
Tue 9/3-Wed 9/4
School Orientation = no class